Art. 82. Coverage. The provisions of this Title shall apply to employees in all establishments and undertakings whether for profit or not, but not to government employees, managerial employees, field personnel, members of the family of the employer who are dependent on him for support, domestic helpers, persons in the personal service of another, and workers who are paid by results as determined by the Secretary of Labor in appropriate regulations.

As used herein, "managerial employees" refer to those whose primary duty consists of the management of the establishment in which they are employed or of a department or subdivision thereof, and to other officers or members of the managerial staff.

"Field personnel" shall refer to non-agricultural employees who regularly perform their duties away from the principal place of business or branch office of the employer and whose actual hours of work in the field cannot be determined with reasonable certainty.

NATIONAL POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

Art. 43. Statement of objective. It is the objective of this Title to develop human resources, establish training institutions, and formulate such plans and programs as will ensure efficient allocation, development and utilization of the nation’s manpower and thereby promote employment and accelerate economic and social growth.

Art. 44. Definitions. As used in this Title:

"Manpower" shall mean that portion of the nation’s population which has actual or potential capability to contribute directly to the production of goods and services.

"Entrepreneurship" shall mean training for self-employment or assisting individual or small industries within the purview of this Title.

Art. 1. Name of Decree. This Decree shall be known as the "Labor Code of the Philippines".

Art. 2. Date of effectivity. This Code shall take effect six (6) months after its promulgation.

Art. 3. Declaration of basic policy. The State shall afford protection to labor, promote full employment, ensure equal work opportunities regardless of sex, race or creed and regulate the relations between workers and employers. The State shall assure the rights of workers to self-organization, collective bargaining, security of tenure, and just and humane conditions of work.

Art. 4. Construction in favor of labor. All doubts in the implementation and interpretation of the provisions of this Code, including its implementing rules and regulations, shall be resolved in favor of labor.

Art. 5. Rules and regulations. The Department of Labor and other government agencies charged with the administration and enforcement of this Code or any of its parts shall promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall become effective fifteen (15) days after announcement of their adoption in newspapers of general circulation.

Art. 6. Applicability. All rights and benefits granted to workers under this Code shall, except as may otherwise be provided herein, apply alike to all workers, whether agricultural or non-agricultural. (As amended by Presidential Decree No. 570-A, November 1, 1974)

Thursday, October 27, 2016

One hundred days after the change of administration, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday iterated that its commitment to intensify efforts to provide quality, accessible, inclusive, and liberating basic public education for all Filipino learners.

“The role of education in improving and uplifting the living standards of disadvantaged groups in the Philippines is not lost in the administration’s agenda, in fact, it is the focal point of every reform and continuity that we have been carrying out in our first 100 days,” DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones stated.

In a report recently issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the body stated its concern over the need to strengthen the country’s public education sector by increasing the education budget; improving access to quality education for all, particularly the indigenous peoples, children with disabilities, and rural poor; and closer regulation of private schools.